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Plane crashes into Hudson River
#125plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/15/09 at 11:06pm
Funny, SOMMS. I had an intense hankering for foie gras all night.
I thought it just me.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#126plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/15/09 at 11:07pmI love that pilot. I love that his name is Sully. I salute you Sully!
#127plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/15/09 at 11:18pmSully deserves a tickertape parade.
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#128plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/15/09 at 11:18pmIt was really touching to me to hear several men who had survived talking about the experience all choked up and with tears in their eyes. I could see that they were grateful to be alive and realized how fragile life is.
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NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#129plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/15/09 at 11:29pm
Hudson River hero is ex-Air Force fighter pilot
NEW YORK – The pilot who guided a crippled US Airways jetliner safely into the Hudson River — saving all 155 people aboard — became an instant hero Thursday, with accolades from the mayor and governor and a fan club online.
The pilot of Flight 1549 was Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, 57, of Danville, Calif., an official familiar with the accident told The Associated Press. Sullenberger is a former fighter pilot who runs a safety consulting firm in addition to flying commercial aircraft.
Sullenberger, who has flown for US Airways since 1980, flew F-4 fighter jets with the Air Force in the 1970s. He then served on a board that investigated aircraft accidents and participated later in several National Transportation Safety Board investigations.
He is president of Safety Reliability Methods, a California firm that uses "the ultra-safe world of commercial aviation" as a basis for safety consulting in other fields, according to the firm's Web site.
Sullenberger's mailbox at the firm was full on Thursday. A group of fans sprang up on Facebook within hours of the emergency landing.
"OMG, I am terrified of flying but I would be happy to be a passenger on one of your aircraft!!" Melanie Wills in Bristol wrote on the wall of "Fans of Sully Sullenberger." "You have saved a lot of peoples lives and are a true hero!!"
The pilot "did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure that everybody got out," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "He walked the plane twice after everybody else was off, and tried to verify that there was nobody else on board, and he assures us there was not."
"He was the last one up the aisle and he made sure that there was nobody behind him."
Gov. David Paterson pronounced it a "miracle on the Hudson."
A woman who answered the phone at Sullenberger's home in Danville hung up on a reporter who asked to speak with the family.
Candace Anderson, a member of the Danville town council who lives a few blocks from Sullenberger, said it was an amazing story and she was proud to live in the same town as the pilot.
"You look at his training, you look at his experience. It was just the right pilot at the right time in charge of that plane that saved so many lives," Anderson said. "He is a man who is calm, cool, collected, just as he was today."
Sullenberger's co-pilot was Jeff Skiles, 49, of Oregon, Wis., a 23-year US Airways veteran.
"He was OK," said his wife, Barbara. "He was relieved that everybody got off."
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#130plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/15/09 at 11:30pmI can't tell you the extent of my admiration for this man.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#131plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 12:06am
"I can't tell you the extent of my admiration for this man."
+1
It's a rare day when an accident of this magnitude ends as it did.
#132plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 12:07amI just became 1 of his 428 fans on Facebook, although I'm not sure what that accomplishes or expresses.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#133plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 12:29amWhat it "accomplishes or expresses"? Ask Kim McAffee what it "accomplished or expressed" to be a member of The Conrad Birdie Fanclub.
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#134plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 12:29am
It is the perfect news story. A tragedy averted. High drama. Breaking news. Crash. Survivors. Hero. It's the kind of event they teach you in Journalism class that every reporter dreams of covering...complete with a happy ending!
I think it's cute that you became a fan of his, PJ. That man deserves more fans than Cheyenne Jackson!
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Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/05
#135plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:07amTruly an amazing story, and the pilot certainly is a hero. But I have to give accolades to the NY Waterways Ferry workers too. I take the ferry practically everyday, and never gave much thought to the guys who take your tickets and open and shut the doors to the ferry. I now have a new-found respect for these workers who were the first to arrive on the scene and were so instrumental in the rescue effort. They too are heroes. Great job, guys!
#136plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:14am
It's true: heroes all around!
Even the passengers. They're all described as being calm and orderly.
There was a passenger from the flight on GMA this morning. She said the woman next to her was terrified of flying, but that when the emergency landing actually occurred that she was not only calm but helped calm other passengers.
#137plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:16amWow. I'm afraid I would have been the passenger screaming hysterically and pushing people off the wings to get to the ferry! Scary, scary, scary.
#138plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:17am
"who were the first to arrive on the scene and were so instrumental in the rescue effort. They too are heroes. Great job, guys! "
It almost seems like fate that the plane came to a stop right at the street of the ferry terminal.
#139plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:38amNote to self: don't travel with danmag.
#140plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:02amHave they announced a made-for-TV movie yet?
#141plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:04amReg, but what about that trip to Cancun I booked us????
#142plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:17amYou just want to see me in a Speedo and a top hat.
#143plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:19amI do!! I can't help myself!
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#144plane crashes into hudson river
Posted: 1/16/09 at 6:58pm
How many lawyers do you think will try to turn this into a law suit for the passengers? No ,seriously.
And yes, the Canada Goose is an ecological nuisance but unfortunately in Canada they are a protected species so if any of you Yankees want to take the law into your own hands with them ya gotta do it on your side of the border.(And may your arm be strong and your aim true!)
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